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Our storyBuilt course first, homes second
Riverstone began as a golf course on old farmland beside the river. Six years on it is a small town with its own power, water, school run and Sunday lunch.
We wanted a place where a family could live well without driving to Lagos or Abuja for it.
The land
The site rises gently from the river bank to the edge of the GRA. The high ground holds the homes; the low ground, which floods a little each September, holds the lake and the golf holes that can take the water.
That decision shaped everything. No home sits on ground that has flooded in fifty years of records. Storm water runs into the lake through planted swales instead of concrete drains, and the lake feeds the course irrigation through the dry season.
Course first, 2019 to 2021
Shaping, grassing and two full rainy seasons of growing in before anyone teed off.
The club, 2022
The Long Room, the pool and the tennis courts opened to founding members.
Phase 1 homes, 2023 to 2025
96 homes around the clubhouse, now home to 88 families.
Phase 2, now
Fairway villas and serviced plots along holes 5 to 12.
The things you stop worrying about
Most of the estate's cost sits under the ground. It is the reason people move here.
Power around the clock
A 6 MW gas plant with grid supply and a solar field as backup. Homes see under ten minutes of downtime a month.
Treated water
Three boreholes, a treatment plant and a 2 million litre reservoir. Water is tested every week.
Security
One gated entrance, a perimeter fence with cameras, night patrols and visitor passes through the residents' app.
Fibre to every door
Up to 1 Gbps from two providers, so a home office works as well as a city one.
Planted streets
Every street has shade trees and wide verges. We planted 4,000 trees before the first home went up.
Roads and drains
Paved, lit roads with drains sized for the heaviest rains, and a buggy path on every street.
People who answer the phone
The estate is run by a team of 140, most of them from Onitsha and Asaba. The sales desk, the estate office and the club each have a named manager you can call.
Ngozi runs the estate office: power, water, security and the residents' association. Obinna leads sales and payment plans. Chiamaka runs the club, from tee times to the wedding calendar. All three are reachable on WhatsApp during working hours.
Contact the teamWhy the streets look the way they do
| Rule | What it means | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Two storeys at most | No home taller than 9.5 metres | Every home keeps a view of trees and sky |
| Set back 12 metres | Front gardens, no walls on the street side | Streets stay open and shaded |
| Warm render palette | Five approved colours, all earth tones | The estate reads as one place |
| Solar ready roofs | South slopes kept clear for panels | Lower bills and less load on the plant |
| Tree for tree | Any tree removed is replaced twice | The canopy keeps growing |
Plot owners get the full design code and a free review of their drawings before they build.
See it for yourself
A visit takes about two hours, with a buggy tour of the course, the show villas and the clubhouse.